With former Speaker of the New York City Council (2006-2013), Christine Quinn, at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics.

I have never been to Times Square. I have never been to New York City. But I have frequently attended Harvard University, so I was quite pleased to have met Christine Quinn, who was the first woman and openly gay City Council Speaker. It is really important to me to see leaders, both in public service, and in general, that share in my identity and understand the negative connotations associated with those particular things. Since losing the race for New York City Mayor, she joined the board of Athlete Ally, been named leader of the nonprofit organization Women in Need (or WIN), and Special Advisor to Governor Andrew Cuomo.